19 and counting for now, spoke to Pierre he mentioned that there are a couple euros that will be coming also as well looks like a few more local guys will be coming out also. should be fun! i think the link can be found on the USTHA site

Good , that guy ( mystery player x ) will get some good tournament play in and be ready to come to Chicago in a few and play in both the Coleco and Stiga tournaments . He really does luv the Stiga board .

For those who were not aware of it, here is the ITHF rule, Rule 4.5 that was used to disqualify a player recently in Montreal:

4.5 Leaving before the end

If a player played less than 80% of the scheduled matches in the group stage, he/she is considered as retired and all his/her matches in this group will be eliminated and the group standings will be recalculated by the organizers of the tournament. The retired player will finish the last in his/her group.

If a player plays at least 80% of the scheduled matches in the group stage before retiring, he/she will retain all the results and group standing will not be recalculated.

If a player retires from the tournament between two group stages or between a group stage and play-off, another player cannot replace him.

[quote="aj5380"]For those who were not aware of it, here is the ITHF rule, Rule 4.5 that was used to disqualify a player recently in Montreal:

4.5 Leaving before the end

If a player played less than 80% of the scheduled matches in the group stage, he/she is considered as retired and all his/her matches in this group will be eliminated and the group standings will be recalculated by the organizers of the tournament. The retired player will finish the last in his/her group.

If a player plays at least 80% of the scheduled matches in the group stage before retiring, he/she will retain all the results and group standing will not be recalculated.

AJ,

Do you know which player it was that was disqualified or not?
If you have any answers for me LMK.